Capricorn Venture Partners

We back innovative growth companies. It is our mission mission to identify technologies and fund innovative companies that make a difference to the lives of people worldwide.
Type VC
Website capricorn.be

Investment info

Invests in
Idea
Product or prototype
Go to market
Investment range
€ < 25K
€ 25 - 50K
€ 50 - 100K
Primary markets
Consumer, Companies, Marketplace
Investing in countries
Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden

Focus areas

Energy & Greentech
Energy & Greentech
Healthcare & Life Science
Healthcare & Life Science

Investments

SM

Sequana Medical

N

Nexstim

MM

Mainstay Medical

TM

TROD Medical

IM

iSTAR Medical

CT

Confo Therapeutics

D

Diagenode

Key people

DJ
Managing Partner

Dr. Jos B. Peeters

YV
CIO / Quoted Equity

Yves Vaneerdewegh

DF
Partner

Dr. Frank Bulens

Invests in SDGs

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More about Capricorn Venture Partners

The mission of the Capricorn ICT Fund is to identify technologies and fund innovative companies that make a difference to the lives of people worldwide, and by doing so creating significant value for investors. This will be achieved by leveraging the investment team's experience of successful early stage investment in ICT and Life Sciences. To this end, Capricorn Cleantech Fund invests in European innovative growth companies in a broad range of cleantech areas. In addition, the Capricorn Health-tech Fund (CHF) focuses on human health-technologyinvestments. Health-technologies relate to the prevention, the diagnosis and the treatment of diseases.

 

Experience

The investment team of Capricorn is composed of experienced investment managers with deep technology expertise and a broad industrial experience. The team is supported by a global network of advisors and experts who bring specific expertise essential for performing in-depth due diligence on potential investee companies.

 

How much do they invest?

We look for investments with the following profile: 

  • equity investments resulting in a significant minority stake

  • initial investment (typically € 0.5 - 5 million) in the first or second VC rounds 

  • we occasionally do seed deals but our main focus is on early stage companies typically requiring funding for product/technology development

  • allow for an exit strategy via IPO and/or trade sale within a period of 3 to 7 years after initial investment 

  • the fund will keep a reserve for follow-on investments

 

How do they work?

Since the quality of the management team is one of our most important investment criteria, we prefer to be in contact directly (or soon after an initial contact) with the entrepreneurs themselves. The process goes as it follows:

  • a first contact by phone, fax or e-mail (preferably) by the entrepreneur, or by his advisor. Please contact us at our dedicated e-mail address for investment proposals: proposals@capricorn.be 

  • an executive summary as a key document to capture our interest

  • presentation of the business plan to our investment team

  • discussions on the project with different members of your team including one or more full-day visits to the company

  • a term sheet summarizing the main terms and conditions of a potential investment

  • due diligence process

  • final closing requiring a shareholders and subscription agreement and eventual amendments of the articles of association

The process from first contact to closing will typically take between one to three months depending on the stage of your preparation. Capricorn Venture Partners is prepared to take the lead in or to co-lead investments. In most cases we do prefer a syndication in order to be able to provide enough additional financial resources if required.

 

This makes a difference to them

We currently make investments in companies: 

  • having an outstanding management team that focus on large international markets 

  • having a business model that combines a credible growth strategy with the potential to become a market leader in their sector  

  • owning defendable intellectual property 

  • having a proven technology base, as minimally evidenced by the existence of a proof of concept and by a fully understood mode of action 

  • being privately held and having their core activity located in Europe (or having a strong European link)

If your project meets these criteria, we would like to review it with you. The fact that your venture may still be in a conceptual stage, your team is not yet complete or that your business plan is not yet completely finished, should not keep you from contacting us, because we will help you in improving jointly the investment opportunity if we find it with merit.

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